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Perhaps at some conferences the last day of sessions may be the "What do we do with this one?" type of session scheduling, but not in the Quality Management and Testing track at Innovate 2013. Thursday promises a level of quality sessions equal to those already delivered across the week.
The 4th day starts off with two sessions on Service Virtualization. The Service Virtualization for Dummies® session will net out the content from our new book . Definitely a must attend for all service... [More]

Wow time certainly does fly - 10 days until approx. 4000 people will arrive in Orlando for a week of enablement, fellowship and fun at Innovate 2013.
And for those interested in what's happening in the Quality Management and Testing track, read on as I share a brief overview and "tips" for Day 3.
Starting things off with a "Shift Left" in Room 1, this session shares insight on how to begin performance testing earlier simulating "real world" scenarios to improve... [More]

I have always loved that subtitle on Dr. Strangelove – “ How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb” I have recently been thinking that better, faster, cheaper with continuous delivery and continuous testing means we really have to stop worrying about every defect. Which led me to Dr. Strangelove . It’s equally mind bending in some ways … so many years of looking under every rock for those defects. The worst possible thing was an “escape” to production and its requisite... [More]

I’m putting the finishing touches on my presentation for Innovate 2013 called " What’s the Real Deal with Testing? " My session will be Wednesday, June 5 th at 11:15 am. We’re going to have 90 minutes to talk about the real problems facing testers. Like what is this “continuous testing” thing? How much time do you spend setting up test environments and what’s the hardest part? Are you doing unattended testing? Do you want to? Join me for these topics and much, much more! If you... [More]

First off and as I am Canadian eh, I have to apologize for my tardiness between posts. Don't really know why I am apologizing - it is just something we Canadians seem to do. However, I know many are probably wondering what is going on at Innovate so here is a little insight aboot day 2 in the Quality Management and Testing track.
First off, let's talk a little about Service Virtualization. For those who don't know what this means, "Service Virtualization is the ability to simulate the... [More]

A colleague shared this article with me and much of the thinking aligns with where I’ve been landing on the topic of continuous testing. Of course, when reading the article, one thing jumps right out …. When the author, Marnie Hutcheson, expressed concerns about being able to complete the testing in the time frame specified (30 hours of testing, twice, over a weekend), she was, um, fired.
Felt to me as abrupt as hearing “you’re fired” on a certain television show. And the most... [More]

I’m still thinking about what the right content should be for continuous testing. My previous blog was about thinking about what test content matters. But there’s also the consideration of how much content and considering avoiding waste of building too much automation. I’ve had the experience several times of too much success (amazing, right?) in building automation. In those days, it was actually great to have a robust test automation suite that took 12-18 hours to run. We actually measured our success at... [More]

The Agile Manifesto guiding principles says,
“Our highest priority is to satisfy the customer through early and continuous delivery of valuable software.” (emphasis mine)
So as teams have adopted agile development practices, we have rapidly hit the delivery wall. The current conventional wisdom says to reduce risk, deliver more frequently and to make sure you’re not changing very much. I mean really, how much can you screw up in a day (or even a week)? So, if you can’t really screw much up AND... [More]

Earlier this year, IBM hosted a webinar where we asked you, the customer, for feedback on Innovate. Well, the Quality Management and Testing Innovate team heard you loud and clear. For one, you said you wanted more sessions delivered by our customers and to hear the benefits they are realizing first hand. This year, we are offering more customer sessions than in years past. In fact two thirds of this year's agenda is being delivered by customers and our business partners. But we didn't stop there and believe we took this year's line... [More]

You may be hearing a lot about service virtualization lately and how it can help development organization overcome their testing challenges. Others may be wondering what the heck I am talking about when I when I use a phrase like service virtualization. In fact, during the recent IBM webcast Practical Tips to Successfully Test Complex Applications from the authors of "Service Virtualization For Dummies" , 65% of the attendees had no knowledge of service virtualization and another 18% had just begun the learning process by reading... [More]